Showing his very cheeky side, the self-dubbed Naked Chef later confessed to hiding a few sexual innuendos in each of his recipe books.

Yet the down-to-earth dad unmasked a different, well hidden part of his persona earlier this month, when he confessed he had been “pretty miserable” in his “lonely” career – despite being worth £150million.

He said: “When you’re truly happy, I don’t think that you’re pushing yourself. But I’ve been pretty miserable. It isn’t nice. I don’t know if I’d prescribe my career to anyone else. I don’t say I have regrets, but it’s complex.